Ground cover - non-evergreen plants
Simple colourful planting required for a large area? Colourful plants to separate areas of the garden? Non-evergreen ground cover could be the answer for you. Roses are useful^, such as Rosa 'Flower Carpet White' standing around 75cm in height, but thorny plants could be a deterrent. For low-growing plants the choice could run from dwarf but rampageous Campanula poscharskyana, through Ladies Mantle, to Astilbes, Geranium nodosum and autumn flowering anemones for lightly shaded positions. For smaller, sunny areas lively Agastache forms could be considered. If large plants are required, dogwoods such as Cornus alba, reaching around 1.5 metres could be an option. Also, spring bulbs, dormant in summer, but which look fantastic when grown in numbers. It is a question of thinking about your needs before making the commitment.
Plants (1287)
Sedum aizoon
Hoso-ba-no-kirin-so, Stonecrop
Sedum cauticola
Hidaka-misebaya, Cliff stonecrop
Sedum cauticola 'Coca-Cola'
Cliff stonecrop
Sedum erythrostictum 'Frosty Morn'
Red Dot stonecrop
Sedum Plum Dazzled = 'Pldaz2018'
Stonecrop
Shibataea kumasaca
Okame-zasa, Bamboo
Silene
Campion, Catchfly
Solidago
Golden rod
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor Gold'
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor'
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea betulifolia var. aemiliana
White spiraea
Spiraea japonica
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'Candlelight'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Stachys
Betony, Hedge nettle, Woundwort
Stachys macrantha 'Superba'
Big betony, Big sage
Stachys officinalis
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stachys officinalis
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stachys officinalis 'Saharan Pink'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Strobilanthes
Persian mosaic
Strobilanthes attenuata
Persian mosaic, Pointed Persian shield
Succisa pratensis
Blue buttons, Devil's bit scabious
Symphoricarpos
Snowberry, Coralberry
Symphoricarpos x chenaultii 'Hancock'
Hancock chenault coralberry
Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'Mother of Pearl'
Hybrid coralberry
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. prostratum 'Snow Flurry'
White heath aster, Frost-weed aster, Heath aster
Symphytum
Comfrey
Symphytum 'Blaueglocken'
Comfrey
Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'
Comfrey
Symphytum 'Hidcote Pink'
Comfrey
Symphytum 'Lambrooke Sunrise'
Comfrey
Symphytum caucasicum
Blue comfrey
Symphytum grandiflorum
Large flowered comfrey, Knitbone, Boneset, Dwarf comfrey, Ground cover comfrey
Symphytum ibericum
Iberian comfrey
Symphytum officinale
Boneset, Bruisewort, Common comfrey, Knitbone
Symphytum x uplandicum
Russian comfrey
Symphytum x uplandicum 'Variegatum'
Russian comfrey
Tagetes
Marigold
Tagetes 'Antigua Orange'
Marigold
Tagetes 'Antigua Yellow'
Marigold
Tagetes 'Starfire'
Marigold
Tagetes erecta 'Zenith Lemon Yellow'
African marigold, Aztec marigold, Big marigold
Tagetes patula
French marigold
Tagetes patula
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Bonanza Bee'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Durango Bee'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Durango Flame'
French marigold
Tagetes patula 'Durango Gold'
French marigold